Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy


	Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

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Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Missions to Seamen at Penarth . . .

1862-74 - Robert Buckley Buyer (1829-1895) was Chaplain at the Mission Church, Penarth Dock and was the author of 'Friends and Foes of Sailors' published in 1878.

1874 - The various "Church Yachts" that cruise about the Bristol Channel in all weathers frequently need "restoration." The Dockmaster of Penarth is appealing for £40 to restore the Church Yacht attached to that port, so that she may last five years longer. - The Building News and Engineering Journal v.26 [532] [499] Jan.-June, 1874.

1877 - The Church - Preferments and Appointments - Fry, Charles, E ; Missions to Seamen Chaplin, Penarth Roadstead. - 6th October 1877 [121] [499] The Illustrated London News.

1878 - On 17th January the TVR Directors Minutes (Minute No. 47) records that the site for the Mission Church had been agreed with the Trustees and Mr. George Fisher.

1895 - Above - an entry for the Mission to Seamen, Penarth Dock, which was published within the 1895 edition of Owen & Co.'s Cardiff Directory. [298]

1895 - St Peter's Seamen's Mission Rooms - Rev. Charles William Hemson Browne, Chaplain. [175]

1898 - Accident in Penarth Basin - Early on Friday morning a serious accident occurred to Mr. Wm, Luckwill, of 110, Plassey-street, Penarth, who was engaged on board the new Missions to seamen steamboat Eirene lying in Penarth Basin. It would appear that he was going up the steps from the cabin to the deck when he fell back sustaining very severe injuries. A lad who happened to be on the boat with him at once

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